Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (3): 161-172.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2024.03.001

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Development of large-scale user facilities for photon science in China

LIU Zhi, WAN Weishi, WANG Dong   

  1. ① Center for Transformative Science /School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; ② Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
  • Received:2024-03-05 Online:2024-06-25 Published:2024-06-18

Abstract: Large-scale user facilities for photon science, including synchrotron radiation sources and free-electron lasers, produce high flux, high brightness light with photon energy ranging from infrared to hard X-ray and continuously tunable. As a result, synchrotron radiation sources and free-electron lasers become the centers of scientific research for multiple fields such as physics, chemistry, material science, life sciences, energy, and environmental sciences over the past half a century. In China, synchrotron radiation sources and free-electron lasers have been developed for four decades and state-of-the-art facilities are under construction, making China one of the major powers of these facilities. In this paper, the history and present state of synchrotron radiation sources and free-electron lasers in China are described through introducing the existing and upcoming facilities, with brief discussions on future development.